Money Mania

About This Game

Money Mania is a practical math game that teaches children essential money skills through real-world scenarios. Students start by identifying coins and their values, then progress to counting combinations of coins and bills, making change, and managing a virtual store. The game features a friendly shopkeeper character who guides children through increasingly complex money problems: identifying coins in Level 1, counting coin combinations in Level 2, calculating change in Level 3, and solving multi-step word problems involving money in Level 4. Visual representations of coins and bills help reinforce value recognition, while the virtual store simulation lets students apply their skills in a realistic context. With colorful graphics, authentic coin designs, and scenarios that connect math to everyday life, Money Mania builds financial literacy from an early age.

Learning Objectives

• Identify coins (penny, nickel, dime, quarter) and their values
• Count combinations of coins to find total value
• Solve word problems involving money
• Calculate change when making purchases
• Apply decimal concepts to money calculations

How to Play

1. Choose a level based on your grade
2. Look at the coins or money problem displayed
3. Count the value carefully
4. Enter your answer using the keypad
5. Submit to check your work
6. Run your virtual store by solving customer problems

Tips for Success

• Start with the largest coin value when counting
• Group similar coins together to count faster
• Always double-check your addition
• Practice counting by 5s, 10s, and 25s to speed up

Skills Developed

Common Core Standards

• 2.MD.C.8 - Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes
• 4.MD.A.2 - Use the four operations to solve word problems involving money
• 5.NBT.B.7 - Add, subtract, multiply, divide decimals to hundredths